Paul Edward Hunt Jr.

Hailing originally from the Washington DC area, Paul Hunt is a professional guitarist who is currently based in the San Francisco Bay area. Having picked up the guitar some 18 years ago, Pauls eclectic musical tastes include go-go, jazz, funk, r&b, reggae and rock.Recording artist Prince was Pauls first inspiration to pick up the guitar. Other early influences included Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck, but he quickly moved from rock into jazz fusion music and learned from listening to greats like Mike Stern, Larry Carlton, John Scofield and Scott Henderson.From there, Paul moved on to study acoustic jazz and improvisational based music. During this time period, Paul immersed himself inside the music of giants like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.In the late 1980s and early 1990s Paul studied jazz guitar privately with Paul Bollenback and notes that Bollenback was like a pandoras box of jazz. Bollenback cultivated Pauls interest and was a catalyst for his continued fascination with jazz. Another local jazz guitarist that was a great inspiration was Charles Carlton. Charles had his own trio and played weekly at a small club in Georgetown called the Saloon. Charles was amazing and to this day is still a great inspiration.When not supporting other artists, Paul is working to create original music for his funk, jazz, downtempo project Conjure and will be producing his own CD.Paul enjoys many musical genres and is always looking for dedicated artists to work with. Feel free to contact him via email for studio sessions and live performance work. He's ready to go on a major level !!!!CURRENT PROJECTSPaul is adding his slinky guitar work to the following projects:Conjure (Beyond Categorization - a mix of all music that I love)Femi (Original Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul)Soul Cat (Original Funk, Nu-Jazz, Dub)Stymie And Pimp Jones Love Orchestra (Original Funk/Soul/Rock/Ska)Twentyfour Seven Band (Cover Band)PAST PROJECTSPaul has shared the stage with powerful and talented artists in the music industry Al James Band (Original Soul/Funk)Bray (Original Pop Studio Recording/Live)Cavanah And The Funk Collective (Original Funk) musical directorDale Chung (Original Contemporary Jazz) (Confunkshun)Derek Lassiter (Original Acoustic Soul)Donny Rasta And Roots Vibration (Original Reggae) Kitra (Original Pop Studio Recording/Live) Kymberly Jackson (Original Contemporary Jazz) Malcom Marshal and Star People (Original Hip-Hop/Funk)M8trix (Cover Band) with Moogie Clemons (Cameo), Bo Freeman (Don Cherry), Victoria Theodore (Stevie Wonder), Larry Braggs and Tom Politzer (Tower Of Power) Michael Williams Project (Original Soul)Pamela Hawkins Band (Cover Band) with Myron Dove (Santana) Regina Espinosa And Playground (Original Latin Groove) with Dwayne Wiggins and Vince Lars (Tony Toni Tone), Kevin Choice (Lauryn Hill), Juan Escovedo (Escovedo Family), Billy Johnson (Joyce Cooling, Frankie Beverly And Maze), Dale Chung (Confunkshun), Uriah Duffy (Whitesnake), Peter Horvath (Vital Information)Ryan Greene And Golden Shelltoes (Original Hip-Hop)Secret Circus (Original Poetry, Solo Performance)Sir JAC and Live Essence (Prince Tribute Band)Touch Of Class (Cover Band)Vorreice Cooper (Original Contemporary Jazz) - (Santana)Get Your Own! | View Slideshow